As It Is Now

Chapter 8

A/N: Sorry, another short chapter.

Either way, I don't own Naruto.

Hours later Naruto found himself thinking about that particular presence again. It might have been a romantic meeting, but something was off. No mere kunoichi or Anko, much less a civilian for that matter could hide their chakra so well from him. He thought about pushing the white-haired man for an answer but knew that that was pointless. Kakashi never spoke of anything to him unless he felt that the blond would die without that information.

That was a little exaggerated but that presence had bugged him enough that he couldn't quite concentrate on the scroll in front of him. Who would be skilled enough to hide from him besides Kakashi?

Thinking back on it, his former sensei said it was a rendezvous, meaning he might have been telling the truth and it was an informant. Knowing that the man had multiple sources of information, Naruto began thinking about any of the ones that he had met or heard of. After racking his brain for a few minutes, he gave up, he couldn't think of a single person.

Reanalyzing the presence that he felt, he told himself that it was the slight twinge of his fox demon instinct rather than a sense of chakra that had told him someone was in his village. Konoha was his territory after all, no one entered without him knowing about it.

That meant whoever it was…Naruto growled. That damned tracker! He was the only one that could have slipped past his notice and gotten into Konoha without him knowing. He remembered how the man had snuck up on him without him even realizing it. So Kakashi was still meeting with him then, and Naruto could only wonder why, unless the white-haired man was still keeping tabs on Sasuke.

That would make sense, but something about that tracker just riled the blond that he didn't want him anywhere near his Sasuke.

His Sasuke? The blonde's eyes widened at his own thoughts. Since when did Sasuke belong to him? Quickly he dismissed his own foolishness; it was probably just a slip of grammar.

Anyway, he would question Kakashi regarding the annoying tracker. For now, he forced his attention back to the scroll.

A/N Yeah, like I said, really short. Sorry, the next few chapters are gonna be short like this, but they'll be out soon (I hope). Don't worry, they're already written, it's just a matter of when I remember to post them, heh. And if anyone's noticed the weird breaks, well, as you know they're not intentional and I'm just too lazy to go and see what the problem is. If it's really a problem, let me know and I'll see what I can do about it. Thanks for reading!